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the Linnean Association of Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, 

 Pennsylvania, at the Annual Connmencement, Sept. 19, 1851. 

 By Washington L. Atlee, M.D., Professor of Medical Chemistry 

 in the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College. Gettysburg, 

 1851. 8vo. — From Prof. M. L. Stoever. 



The Life of William Penn; with Selections from his Correspondence 

 and Autobiography. By Samuel M. Janney. Philadelphia, 1852. 

 8vo. — From the Author. 



A New Method of Calculating the Cubic Contents of Excavations and 

 Embankments, by the aid of Diagrams. By John C. Trautwine, 

 Civil Engineer. Philadelphia, 1851. — From the Author. 



FOR THE CABINET. 



A Silver Medal, struck by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stock- 

 holm, in memory of the Baron Berzelius ; bearing his effigy, with 

 devices and inscriptions. — From the Royal Academy of Sciences, 

 Stockholm. 



Mr. Justice called the attention of the members to a para- 

 graph in Arthur Young's Travels in France, published in Dub- 

 lin, in 1793, in which the author describes a mode of commu- 

 nicating ideas by means of electricity, through an alphabet 

 indicated by the movements of the electrometer. According 

 to Mr. Young, this was an invention of Mons. Lomond, of 

 Paris, and practised by him in October, 1787. 



The Treasurer presented his report, which was read and re- 

 ferred to the Committee on Finance. 



The Committee of Publication presented their annual re- 

 port. 



No communication was offered for the Magellanic Pre- 

 mium. 



Pending nominations, Nos. 263 to 268, inclusive, and new 

 nomination, No. 269, were read. 



